She was born in Glover, Vt., March 4, 1916, the youngest child of the late Samuel and Mamie (Hall) Bean.

A deep believer in education, she started school at the age of 5 on her own and her mother found out when three weeks later the teacher complimented her mom about how well she was doing in school.

She graduated from the University of Vermont and taught grade school for four years. In 1939 she married Lloyd W. Fiske a dashing barnstorming pilot. They raised four children. Marguerite was a plane spotter during World War II, a den mother until her first Cub Scouts graduated from high school and a Sunday school teacher. She served two terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Hampton Falls.

She helped form the Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (SAPL), served many years for the FISH organization and was active in the communities she resided in. She was a resident of Saint Ann's Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Dover and formerly resided in Burlington, Vt. She had also lived in North Hampton, Hampton Falls and Salisbury, and in Zephyrhills, Fla.

Marguerite had a light touch with pastry and people's feelings. She was widely read, the family touchstone, was a tour guide in Zephyrhills, and was an elegant hostess for her sumptuous family meals.

Family members include her daughter, Sherril Driscoll and husband Steven of Hampton; two sons, Dana Fiske and wife Nancy of Dover, and Eric Fiske and wife Nancy of Bow; and 33 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband Lloyd in 2001 and her son Peter in 1970.

SERVICES: Visiting hours will be from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 2013, in the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton, with a prayer service held at 4:30 p.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. The family suggests donations to the Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter, 480 Pleasant St., Watertown, MA 02472. For directions or to sign an online guest book visit www.RemickGendron.com.

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